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LOUIS T. LAPAUGH, OF UTIOA, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS TO EDI/VIN D. GRAY AND WILLIAM R. DONALTY, OF SAME PLACE.

NURSING-BOTTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N o. 608,053, dated July 26, 1898.

Application filed August 14, 1897. Serial No. 648,288. (No model.)

l To all whom t may concern.:

Be it known that I, LoUis T. LAPAUGH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Utica, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Infants Nursing-Bottle Attachments; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to nursing-bottle attachments; and the object in view is to provide means. whereby a nursing-bottle may be secured at any desired place and to any convenient article for preventing the bottle from dropping and breaking and also .for keeping the bottle in sight and reach bf the child, thus obviating the 'need for constant care on the part of an attendant.

The detailed objects and advantages of the invention will appear in the course of the subjoined description.

The invention consists in an improved attachment for nursing-bottles embodying certain novel features and details of construction and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the drawings, and incorporated in the claims hereto appended.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the attachment complete and applied to a bottle. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the bottle-holding frame, with the strap and bottle removed.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in the views.

The improved bottle-holder contemplated in this invention is constructed in the main from a single link of wire. In forming.. the bottle-holding frame the wire at one extremity is bent to form a loop 1. It is then bent to form a portion 2, which passes half-way around the base of the bottle, forming ,onehalf of the lower loop or receptacle, in which the bottle sets. Upon reaching the middle line at one side of the bottle the wire is bent at the point 3 and extended upward fora distance equal to the width of the strap to be employed in attaching the bottle and frame to any given obj ect. After forming the strapreceiving portion (indicated at 4) the wire is offset transversely, as indicated at 5, and is brought to bear against the side of the bottle, when it is again extended upward, as indicated at 6, along the side of the bottle until it reaches a point near the bottle-neck. The Wire is now bent at the point 7 and extended a short distance, as indicated at 8, after which `it is recurved, as at 9, to form a spring-clasp which passes a little more than half-way around the neck of the bottle, so as to obtain a firm spring or yielding hold thereon. After recurving the wire it is bent back to form a substantially semicircular portion 10, which extends more than half-way around the neck, where asecond spring-clasp 11 is formed-similar to that 9 just described. The wire is then extended downward alongside of the neck, as indicated at 12, then odset, as at 13, to form a space for the strap, then extended downward, as at 14, then given one complete turn or bend to form a loop 15, which enters and engages the initial loop 1, after which the terminalfportion of the Wire (indicated at 16) is bent to extend around the lower portion of the bottle to. form the remainder of the lower loop or receptacle, in which the bottle sets, and the extremity 17 of the wire is then bent around the initial portion of the wire at the point where the bend 3 occurs.

18 designates a strap of any suitable size and length, having at its opposite ends buckles 19 to receive smaller auxiliary straps 20,

by means of which the bottle and holding de- -vice may be securely attached to a bed, crib,

carriage, or to the infant itself.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that both the bottle and strap are normally held in the wire frame. In order to remove the bottle for cleansing purposes or reiilling, the spring-clasps about theneck of the bottle are pressed out of engagement therewith, whenthe bottle may be lifted out of the lower loop or receptacle and then the strap may be likewise, removed. In reassembling the parts the strap is first placed in position, and then the base of the bottle is set into the lower loop or receptacle, whereupon the spring-clasps of the holder are snapped around the neck of the bottle, thus holding the bottle securely. The offsets in IOO the upwardly-extending portions of the wire at the sides of the bottle form shoulders for preventing the upward movement of the strap, while the loops at the lower portions of the latter prevent the downward escape or movement of said strap.

It will of course be understood that the bottle-holder above describedmay be made of any size and gage of wire and that it may be Varied to suit bottles of different shapes and sizes; also that other changes in the form, proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

l. A bottle-holder, embodying a wire frame bent to form a lower loop for embracing the base of the bottle, an upper pair of oppositely-located spring-clasps for engaging the bottle-neck on opposite sides, and offsets provided for the reception of a strap wherewith sides of the bottle being offset to form spaces for the reception of an attaching-strap, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LOUIS T. LAPAUGH.

Witnesses:

JAMES A. HoBBEs, JOHN E. DAY. 

